[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 240 (Thursday, December 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 65419]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31504]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
(UT-054-1220-00-24-1A)


Notice of Partial Closure and Restriction on Public Land

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that, effective December 15, 1996 and 
until further notice, Antelope Springs Cave will be closed, by means of 
a locked gate, to all public use from April 1, to September 30 each 
year. At all other times of the year, use will be by permit only. 
Permits will be available, at no charge, from the Bureau of Land 
Management, House Range Resource Area.
    Persons that are exempt from the closure include any Federal, 
State, or local officer, or member of any organized rescue or fire 
fighting force in the performance of an official duty, or any person 
authorized by the Bureau.
    The purpose of the closure is to protect the cave resources 
including, habitat for a colony of Townsend's big eared bats 
(Corynorhinus townsendii).
    The authority for this closure is the Code of Federal Regulations, 
Title 43 Subpart 8364.1.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rex Rowley, House Range Resource Area 
Manager. P.O. Box 778 Fillmore, UT 84631 or Phone 801-743-3100.

    Dated: December 3, 1996.
Jerry W. Goodman,
District Manager.
[FR Doc. 96-31504 Filed 12-11-96; 8:45 am]
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